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A Global Journey Through Beliefs and Rituals

๐ŸŒ World’s Superstitions by Country

1๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ IndiaSouth Asiaโ‰ˆ3000
2๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ NigeriaWest Africaโ‰ˆ2500
3๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ ChinaEast Asiaโ‰ˆ2000
4๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต JapanEast Asiaโ‰ˆ1500
5๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ IndonesiaSoutheast Asiaโ‰ˆ1400
6๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ EgyptNorth Africaโ‰ˆ1300
7๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท TurkeyMiddle East / Anatoliaโ‰ˆ1200
8๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท BrazilSouth Americaโ‰ˆ1100
9๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ MexicoLatin Americaโ‰ˆ1000
10๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ RussiaEastern Europe / Eurasiaโ‰ˆ950
11๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท IranMiddle Eastโ‰ˆ900
13๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ ThailandSoutheast Asiaโ‰ˆ850
14๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ PhilippinesSoutheast Asiaโ‰ˆ800
15๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น HaitiCaribbeanโ‰ˆ800
16๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ PakistanSouth Asiaโ‰ˆ750
17๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น EthiopiaEast Africaโ‰ˆ700
18๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต NepalSouth Asiaโ‰ˆ650
19๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท GreeceEurope / Mediterraneanโ‰ˆ600
20๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น ItalyEurope / Mediterraneanโ‰ˆ550
21๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท FranceEurope / Westernโ‰ˆ500
22๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ MadagascarAfrica / Indian Oceanโ‰ˆ500
23๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ GhanaWest Africaโ‰ˆ500
24๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช GermanyEurope / Centralโ‰ˆ480
25๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United KingdomEurope / Westernโ‰ˆ450
26๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United StatesNorth Americaโ‰ˆ430
27๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ CameroonCentral Africaโ‰ˆ420
28๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ BangladeshSouth Asiaโ‰ˆ400
29๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ TanzaniaEast Africaโ‰ˆ400
30๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด AngolaSouth Africaโ‰ˆ400
32๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช IrelandEurope / Westernโ‰ˆ400
33๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ SpainEurope / Southernโ‰ˆ380
34๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ UgandaEast Africaโ‰ˆ380
35๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ SenegalWest Africaโ‰ˆ380
36๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ ZimbabweSouth Africaโ‰ˆ360
37๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด SomaliaEast Africaโ‰ˆ350
38๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ MaliWest Africaโ‰ˆ350
40๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ CubaCaribbeanโ‰ˆ350
41๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ VanuatuOceaniaโ‰ˆ350
42๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ VietnamSoutheast Asiaโ‰ˆ340
43๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช PeruSouth Americaโ‰ˆ330
44๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท ArgentinaSouth Americaโ‰ˆ320
45๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ ZambiaSouth Africaโ‰ˆ320
46๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ PolandEurope / Centralโ‰ˆ310
47๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช KenyaAfrica / Eastโ‰ˆ300
48๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ SudanNorth-East Africaโ‰ˆ300
49๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ AfghanistanSouth Asiaโ‰ˆ300
50๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Ivory CoastWest Africaโ‰ˆ300
51๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri LankaSouth Asiaโ‰ˆ300
52๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ BeninWest Africaโ‰ˆ300
53๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช VenezuelaSouth Americaโ‰ˆ300
54๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช YemenMiddle Eastโ‰ˆ300
55๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ ChadCentral Africaโ‰ˆ300
56๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น GuatemalaCentral Americaโ‰ˆ300
57๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ JamaicaCaribbeanโ‰ˆ300
58๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ MozambiqueSouth Africaโ‰ˆ290
59๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South AfricaAfrica / Southโ‰ˆ280
60๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ MalawiSouth Africaโ‰ˆ280
61๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ DR CongoAfrica / Centralโ‰ˆ270
62๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด ColombiaSouth Americaโ‰ˆ260
63๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ GuineaWest Africaโ‰ˆ260
64๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ IraqMiddle Eastโ‰ˆ250
65๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ MyanmarSoutheast Asiaโ‰ˆ250
66๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ CambodiaSoutheast Asiaโ‰ˆ250
67๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ FijiOceaniaโ‰ˆ250
68๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น BhutanSouth Asiaโ‰ˆ250
69๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด BoliviaSouth Americaโ‰ˆ250
70๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ TaiwanEast Asiaโ‰ˆ240
71๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ MalaysiaSoutheast Asiaโ‰ˆ230
72๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ PanamaCentral Americaโ‰ˆ220
73๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ EcuadorSouth Americaโ‰ˆ220
74๐Ÿด ScotlandEurope / Westernโ‰ˆ220
75๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ BulgariaEurope / Easternโ‰ˆ210
76๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด RomaniaEurope / Easternโ‰ˆ200
77๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ SyriaMiddle Eastโ‰ˆ200
78๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ BotswanaSouth Africaโ‰ˆ200
79๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Republic of CongoCentral Africaโ‰ˆ200
80๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท EritreaEast Africaโ‰ˆ200
81๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa RicaCentral Americaโ‰ˆ200
82๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ MongoliaEast Asiaโ‰ˆ200
83๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican RepublicCaribbeanโ‰ˆ200
84๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ AzerbaijanCaucasusโ‰ˆ200
85๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ HondurasCentral Americaโ‰ˆ200
86๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ GuyanaSouth Americaโ‰ˆ200
87๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ MicronesiaOceaniaโ‰ˆ200
88๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ SamoaOceaniaโ‰ˆ200
89๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ UkraineEurope / Easternโ‰ˆ190
90๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El SalvadorCentral Americaโ‰ˆ190
91๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท MauritaniaWest Africaโ‰ˆ180
92๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ TogoWest Africaโ‰ˆ180
93๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ LaosSoutheast Asiaโ‰ˆ180
94๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด TongaOceaniaโ‰ˆ180
95๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ AlgeriaNorth Africaโ‰ˆ180
96๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ East TimorSoutheast Asiaโ‰ˆ180
97๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad and TobagoCaribbeanโ‰ˆ180
98๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ NicaraguaCentral Americaโ‰ˆ180
99๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ChileSouth Americaโ‰ˆ170
100๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช GeorgiaCaucasusโ‰ˆ160
101๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ CanadaNorth Americaโ‰ˆ160
102๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ AustraliaOceaniaโ‰ˆ150
103๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ NamibiaSouth Africaโ‰ˆ150
104๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ BahamasCaribbeanโ‰ˆ150
105๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท SurinameSouth Americaโ‰ˆ150
106๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ KazakhstanCentral Asiaโ‰ˆ150
107๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ BahrainMiddle Eastโ‰ˆ150
108๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ New CaledoniaOceaniaโ‰ˆ150
109๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ PalauOceaniaโ‰ˆ150
110๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ BelarusEurope / Easternโ‰ˆ150
111๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope / Balkansโ‰ˆ150
112๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด JordanMiddle Eastโ‰ˆ150
113๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ LibyaNorth Africaโ‰ˆ150
114๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ DjiboutiEast Africaโ‰ˆ150
115๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ ArmeniaCaucasusโ‰ˆ140
116๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ IsraelMiddle Eastโ‰ˆ140
117๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ EswatiniSouth Africaโ‰ˆ140
118๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cabo VerdeWest Africaโ‰ˆ130
119๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ UzbekistanCentral Asiaโ‰ˆ130
120๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ ParaguaySouth Americaโ‰ˆ130
121๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi ArabiaMiddle Eastโ‰ˆ130
122๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ MoroccoNorth Africaโ‰ˆ120
123๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ SerbiaEurope / Balkansโ‰ˆ120
124๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ TajikistanCentral Asiaโ‰ˆ120
125๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ BelizeCentral Americaโ‰ˆ120
126๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ HungaryEurope / Centralโ‰ˆ120
127๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall IslandsOceaniaโ‰ˆ120
128๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ LesothoSouth Africaโ‰ˆ120
129๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ ComorosEast Africaโ‰ˆ120
130๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง BarbadosCaribbeanโ‰ˆ120
131๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท CroatiaEurope / Balkansโ‰ˆ110
132๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ TunisiaNorth Africaโ‰ˆ110
133๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ KyrgyzstanCentral Asiaโ‰ˆ110
134๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ TurkmenistanCentral Asiaโ‰ˆ100
135๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด NorwayEurope / Nordicโ‰ˆ100
136๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ UruguaySouth Americaโ‰ˆ100
137๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ SeychellesEast Africaโ‰ˆ100
138๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sao Tome and PrincipeWest Africaโ‰ˆ100
139๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint LuciaCaribbeanโ‰ˆ100
140๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ Saint VincentCaribbeanโ‰ˆ100
141๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ GrenadaCaribbeanโ‰ˆ100
142๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช SwedenEurope / Nordicโ‰ˆ90
143๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ DominicaCaribbeanโ‰ˆ90
144๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ CyprusEurope / Mediterraneanโ‰ˆ90
145๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North MacedoniaEurope / Balkansโ‰ˆ90
146๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czech RepublicEurope / Centralโ‰ˆ90
147๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ SlovakiaEurope / Centralโ‰ˆ85
148๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป LatviaEurope / Balticโ‰ˆ85
149๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ DenmarkEurope / Nordicโ‰ˆ80
150๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง LebanonMiddle Eastโ‰ˆ80
151๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ AlbaniaEurope / Balkansโ‰ˆ80
152๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น LithuaniaEurope / Balticโ‰ˆ80
153๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ SloveniaEurope / Centralโ‰ˆ80
154๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ KiribatiOceaniaโ‰ˆ80
155๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ BruneiSoutheast Asiaโ‰ˆ70
156๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ FinlandEurope / Nordicโ‰ˆ70
157๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช MontenegroEurope / Balkansโ‰ˆ70
158๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช EstoniaEurope / Balticโ‰ˆ60
159๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ IcelandEurope / Nordicโ‰ˆ60
160๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป TuvaluOceaniaโ‰ˆ60
161๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ NetherlandsEurope / Westernโ‰ˆ50
162๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น MaltaEurope / Mediterraneanโ‰ˆ50
163๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท NauruOceaniaโ‰ˆ50
164๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช BelgiumEurope / Westernโ‰ˆ45
165๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ GreenlandNorth Americaโ‰ˆ40
166๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ SwitzerlandEurope / Centralโ‰ˆ40
167๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น AustriaEurope / Centralโ‰ˆ35
168๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New ZealandOceaniaโ‰ˆ30
169๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ SingaporeSoutheast Asiaโ‰ˆ25
170๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ LuxembourgEurope / Westernโ‰ˆ20
171๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ QatarMiddle Eastโ‰ˆ20
172๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช UAEMiddle Eastโ‰ˆ20
173๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ KuwaitMiddle Eastโ‰ˆ20
174๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ OmanMiddle Eastโ‰ˆ20
175๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ AndorraEurope / Westernโ‰ˆ20
176๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ MonacoEurope / Westernโ‰ˆ15
177๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ LiechtensteinEurope / Centralโ‰ˆ15
178๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San MarinoEurope / Southernโ‰ˆ10
179๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Vatican CityEurope / Southernโ‰ˆ5

The superstitions on this map are compiled by synthesizing folklore archives, academic studies, cultural records, language patterns, and social observations. Regional distribution and prevalence estimates are based on comparative analysis across multiple sources.